Glen Rock July 27, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 5 Japanese students and chaperones from Onomachi, Japan will arrive at the Glen Rock Annex on the evening of July 27 for the beginning of their week-long stay in Glen Rock. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the program Guests from Onomachi due to arrive this week in which borough residents host Japanese middle school students in their homes and show the visitors around the area. Onomachi, located in northern Honshu, the largest island of Japan, was outside the area of nuclear contamination during the Fukushima meltdown following this spring’s earthquake and tsunami. Glen Rock residents conducted a special video-taped rally to show their support for Japan, and offered to send “care packages,” but the Onomachi residents told them to send the packages to the people who live closer to Fukushima. Onomachi residents also sheltered a number of tsunami and meltdown victims in their own homes in the aftermath of the catastrophe. The Japanese middle school students who will arrive in the borough this week will tour the Glen Rock Library, the ambulance corps building, and the police station before lunch with Mayor John van Keuren. The group will also tour Glen Rock High School in the early afternoon, followed by a late afternoon visit to the Glen Rock pool, which is already famous in Japan. On Friday, the students will take a bus to New York City to visit the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations, and on Saturday they will spend a day with their Glen Rock host families. A farewell party and cookout at the Glen Rock Pool will mark the end of the visit to Glen Rock. The students will also spend several days at Camp Hilltop in Hamilton, New York before their return to Japan. J. KOSTER Last year’s group of visitors from Onomachi, Japan. Teens are invited to the informal book discussions at the Glen Rock Public Library. Sessions meet every other Monday at 7:30 p.m. and are designed for teens to express their reactions to an eclectic selection of works. Each month will feature one graphic novel and one text novel. This opportunity to explore some of the most revered teen titles is supported by the Friends of the Glen Rock Public Library. Sign-up sheets and copies of the books are located at the reference desk. Sessions will be led by Alex Tretiak, and refreshments will be served. For more information, e-mail ian.parsells@bccls.org or call (201) 670-3970. The Glen Rock Public Library is located at 315 Rock Road. Library hosts book discussions for teens